دانلود کتاب Tissue Repair and Fibrosis: The Role of the Myofibroblast

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Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Some Historical and Philosophical Reflections on the Myofibroblast Concept....Pages 1-5
Transcriptional Regulation of the Desmin and SM22 Genes in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells....Pages 7-17
Modulation of Myofibroblast and Smooth-Muscle Phenotypes in the Lung....Pages 19-26
Role of Platelet-Derived Growth Factors in Angiogenesis and Alveogenesis....Pages 27-33
Transforming Growth Factor- β Gene Transfer to the Lung Induces Myofibroblast Presence and Pulmonary Fibrosis....Pages 35-45
Transforming Growth Factor- β Induction of α -Smooth Muscle Actin Is Dependent on the Deformability of the Collagen Matrix....Pages 47-60
Signal Transduction Pathways Activated During Fibroblast Contraction of Collagen Matrices....Pages 61-73
Extracellular Matrix, Integrins and Focal Adhesions....Pages 75-85
What Is New in Mechanical Properties of Tissue-Engineered Organs....Pages 87-93
Fibroblast — Cytokine — Extracellular Matrix Interactions in Wound Repair....Pages 95-101
Myofibroblastic Differentiation and Extracellular Matrix Deposition in Early Stages of Cholestatic Fibrosis in Rat Liver....Pages 103-109
Gene Therapy of Wounds with Growth Factors....Pages 111-121
What’s New in Human Wound-Healing Myofibroblasts?....Pages 123-133
The Myofibroblast in Neoplasia....Pages 135-148
The Concept of Organizing Pneumonia....Pages 149-156
Endothelial Repair in Atherogenesis....Pages 157-166
Glomerulosclerosis: The Role of Interstitial Myofibroblasts in its Progression....Pages 167-171
The Myofibroblast as an Inflammatory Cell in Pulmonary Fibrosis....Pages 173-182
Cell—Cell and Cell—Matrix Interactions During Breast Cancer Progression....Pages 183-193
Hepatocyte Growth Factor Secreted by Human Liver Myofibroblasts Increases Invasiveness of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells....Pages 195-203
Interplay of Matrix and Myofibroblasts During Hepatic Fibrogenesis....Pages 205-218
Back Matter....Pages 219-224